>Some 53 percent of the respondents to the survey conducted by the Ifop polling company agreed with the conspiratorial statement that “Zionism is an international organization that seeks to influence the world and societies to the Jews’ benefit,” >Of those polled, 11 percent said they “strongly agree.” Half of the respondents said Zionism was a “racist ideology.” With regards to Israel itself, >Israel was described as a “threat to regional stability” by 57 percent of respondents and as a “theocracy” by 51 percent. The assertions that Israel is a democracy and is a “normal country like all other” received approval ratings of 46 and 48 percent, respectively. However, >Almost a quarter of the respondents said that Israel declared its independence after 1980. A third indicated correctly that the nation was established in 1948 http://archive.is/gv8S6